Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) is on a roll.
A few weeks after strongly -- and comically -- rebuffing Newt Gingrich's 'Food Stamp President' claim about President Obama, as well as Gingrich's claim that the former Speaker of the House speaks 'for all Catholics' on birth control, the Illinois representative took on the GOP and Mitt Romney's characterization of Arizona's onerous anti-immigration policies as a 'model' the U.S. should follow.
- Important voting blocks in swing states like Arizona (30% of the population is Hispanic); Colorado, Nevada and Florida (25% of the population is Hispanic in each of these states)
- 1 in 4 of all children in America are Latino
- 500,000 Hispanics turn 18, and eligible to vote, every year
- 90% of the 50 million Latinos in the U.S. are citizens
"That's a lot of people to keep track of," says Guiterrez in the video, "especially if you want to offend each and every one of them."
Pulling out a large photo of Mitt Romney, Gutierrez then comments on how the GOP front runner recently said that Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB1070, was a, "model for America."
And with this, the Congressman is off to the races, counting exactly how Arizona's law is a terrible model for the rest of the country:
- "One, if you're a politician, Arizona's law is a model for how to achieve early retirement."
Folks, it really doesn't get much better than this when it comes to political theater.
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